Samsung recently unveiled a dual-monitor, which consists of two LCD displays. The larger, 22-inch screen serves as a main display, while the smaller 7-inch screen displays secondary applications that are usually used in the background, such as instant-messaging services or ...
A Look Back at CeBIT 2008: Smart Phones
A recent research suggests that by 2013, the smartphone market will grow from the current estimated 10 percent of the total handset sales (2007) to 31 percent. The competition in this field is fierce. The main challenge facing smartphone manufacturers ...
A Look Back at CeBIT 2008: Notebooks
Notebook PCs have become an almost must-have item for many people who prefer using them both indoors and outdoors instead of having both a desktop PC at home and a laptop PC. Many state-of-the-art notebook models were showcased by the ...
A Look Back at CeBIT 2008: Displays
Several innovative displays were launched at CeBIT 2008, proving the industry is clearly moving towards adapting multi-touch interfaces. However, as these products of the future are still far from entering our daily lives, many companies presented a number of new ...
A Look Back at CeBIT 2008: Storage and Memory
Digital data storage solutions were a hot topic at the CeBIT this year. As storage capacities threaten to fly through the roof, many companies are striving to stand out in the crowd by developing more efficient cooling systems and decreasing ...
DesCom – Future Desktop
Designer Sung-kyu Nam has built a new concept product, combining the desktop table with the personal computer. Nam named his creation DesCom, a combination of the words ‘desk’ and ‘computer’. Samsung hopes to manufacture the DesCom. Most designers’ concept products ...
CES 2008 Innovations Coverage
For many years now, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the main place to hear about the next generation of consumer electronic technology. In recent years, the endless stream of product announcements at the ...
Sony’s XEL-1 First OLED TV Goes on Sale
Sony recently announced that it will begin selling its upcoming 11-inch OLED-based TV this December. This will be the first commercial OLED TV model to go on sale, opening the way to a possible revolution in the flat panel display ...
Flash Memory Capacity to be Doubled
A new flash memory fabrication process is able to double flash memory capacity. Startup Company Nanosys claims that the use of metal nanocrystals may have a dramatic effect on the storage capacity of flash devices. According to the company, the ...
Samsung’s Solid State Disk Drive
In May 2006, Samsung was the first to come out with a consumer 32 GB flash-based solid state drive for mobile PCs, opening up the category for other solid state drive manufacturers. This article explores the solid state drive technology ...